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62d YEAR—NUMBER 345
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And They Got Their Irish Up—
There Were Two Guys Aci Sot Wife Admits Slaying
Named Pat and Mike.. . Says Hanley
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (UP)—Pat, 28, was red-headed, short, slight, and fresh out of County
Cork. The same goes for Mike. They're twins.
Somehow, early today, they invaded a bit of England—the Cunard liner Mauretania, tied up
at its pler here.
The battle raged all over the ship's top deck. When the tumult died, and the police radio cars arrived, Pat was sitting oh deck, tied up.
A dozen seamen stood by, subdued him.
“For God's sake don’t untie him-==he'll start it all over again,” Charles Girzan, ship’s master-
/~at-arms, toia police.
Mr, Girzan in the act of
overcoat and the cobk’s pants,
to the police 8
While he w in. Police did
both for burglary.
Mike said hidden out wh
panting. They had arch. Back aboa
deck hands began. The twins admitted jumping ship Jan. 7 from the Furness liner Ocean Mon- - no plans at present to take action!
were asked what might have happened if Mike had joined the brawl.
said he had caught Patrcik Hayes |
| Only Bardin Case
walking off with a topcoat, an | : Pat was taken To Be Pushed
| | tation. ! A le ; as being questioned, Mike walked | Y IRVING LEIBOWITZ
a double-take and then booked ' Assistant United States . Marshall . . Hanley disclosed today, : . ¥ Du : » rr ir
Says Mechanic ‘Hadn't
the federal government has
against the Indianapolis Brewing Co., the outfit with the high po-| litical connections that included
rd the Mauretania, the seamen
No comment, they said.
Summary of
Today's News
In The Times
Local Pa Water, water everywhere, West Side residents find......... Meet Danny Chapell. , ,. He's your Times carrier........ Tiny WTTV in Bloomington certainly making a big noise
National
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Thirteen seamen-still, cling to bucking tanker............ Country judge defeats Long machine in Louisiana elec-
Salesman claims his tip was what nailed Slick Willie...
Editorial Page Administration is using Sen. Taft as a bogey man in Europe McKinney. tells the Democrats to get out of the vote . . .
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Pan Kidney: ....covvivess 14
Germany is needed to face the Soviet threat . . . Ludwell DEBNY seecencrcscivenes ‘es Foreign : Pa Wild plane: kills wife of U. 8S. embassy aid on top of pyramid ....... messisrsine Communists rejéct Allies compromise on GI rotation
Women's
Patron list for Christamore’s 1952 FollieS ....c.vvvuneyes A telephone interview with Mrs. John Comay, speaker
for temorrow’s Rally for Isrefl ...caseervsirrresevy Ayres’ schedules rug-hooking PArtY ceceeprscnss Teshsnnnes Other Features: Amusements ..... cesses 11 Comics ...ceneveneanssse 25 Crossword secesscceesaee 10 Editorials ...... serena M4
Radio, Television sveevaeee 15 Robert Ruark «.¢se0v00s.e 13
BEd Sovola 'voscensvannies 13 Sports fe... eveneesd16,1F Barl WIHSON. «evetseenses 3 Women's ....icuees vervBi 7
"What Goes on Here...... 12
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5 A crew of jate-working mechanics, the Red Cross, and dozens of kind-héarted citizens coto get a Minnesota soldier, his ill wife and their three dogs on the road again today.
Award Holds No Meaning, Mother Of Dead GI Says
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 20 (UP) |—The mother of a soldier killed {in the Korean fighting returne his Purple Heart and .Scroll to [President Truman today because| they “hold no meaning and fail {to promise a better tomorrow for! the ones he died for.” “My son is a symbol of the, 1109,000 men who have been sac-| Irificed in needless slaughter,” |wrote Mrs. Donna Cooper, moth(er of Pfc. Paul R. Cooper Jr., 21. i - Pvt. Cooper, a machine gunner, with .the 1st Cavalary, was re-
Atomic Energy Program jortea missing in action Oct. 1. BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 20 (Up) | The Army said later he was killed
—Argentina’s atomic energy de-|
jon that date. o {
———————————————— | velopment program will be in- . . 3 op. | tensified under the nation’s new POISON Kills Baby While
austerity policy, it was announced Mather Is in Hospital
yesterday.
President Juan D. Peron assigned Minister of Technical Af-/OWen, 18 months old, died today
fairs Paul Mende to direct liaiso
ANDERSON, Feb. 20—Stephen|
n|/from the effects of poison he
work with the atomic pilot plant/drank while his mother was in a at Buemul Island and to intensify hospital for an appendectomy. |
the program of harnessing atomic
energy to industrial needs. The move came after Pro
While Mrs. Denny Owen Jr.,' .was in St. John’s Hospital for!
Stephen was |
¢.|surgery, staying|
Ronald Richter, director of the With his grandparents, Mr. and |
Huemul plant, reported to Mr./Mrs. Denny Owen Sr. Peron on the present status of)
the program.
ISTC to Offer
Classes at Canterbury IYwo
He drank a quantity of clean-| |ing fluid in their home yesterday | tand died this morning in the, {same hospital where his mother is confined.
Brothers Home
TERRE HAUTE, Feb. 20 (UP)|
Hu Sey est tase Drawn a Sober Breath Since Before Christmas’
By HEZE CLARK The 27-year-old brunet wife of a Northeast Side garage operator tearfully admitted shooting him to death early today because, she said, he threatened her life.
Frank. McHale and Frank MecKinney. : This {which
was the city brewery; got cut-rate prices on| (federal income taxes and is the] center of the latest tax scandal. | The government now contem-| plates action only |
against the |pbrewery’'s manager, Lawrence!
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{Bardin, Mr. Hanley said.
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THE ROAD—Lorraine and Pvt, Robert
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Mr. Hanley has been assigned| ithe case by Matthew Welsh, the} {federal district attorney who re-| {cently announced he soon will {resign to practice law. Both Mr. {Hanley and Mr. Welsh were spon{sored by Mr. McHale, Democratic {National Committeeman for In-
Duw2 for Promotion
| Mr, Weish accepted the,appoint-| iment as No. 1 district attorney i
jon condition he be allowed to re{sign after two years. Mr. Harley {accepted the assistant, post on {condition he be elevated to the top job when Mr. Welsh retired. | Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton, in addition to Mr.| McHale, sponsored Mr. Hanley, |! Mr. Hanley said this morning {he does not intend to let politics] Jintertere with handling of the, |
government's $490,000 tax case) {against Mr. Bardin. | “He explained he only had au[thority from Washington to pro{ceed against Mr. Bardin. Any acition against the brewery would {have to originate in the Justice
The body of John Floyd Spiater, 38, was found wedged between the front bumper of an - » i auto and an outside wall of the 4 A a garage, 1320-22 E. 16th St, in which the couple and their three small children also lived.
One bullet had pierced his chest.
His wife, Violet, told police she shot her husband about 1 a. m., but didn't know the slug had killed him." Then, she said, she went back to. bed with their two daughters, one 4 years old, the other 7 months, and their 3-year-old. son. Mr. Splater's body lay undiscovered about six hours until an unidentified passenger on a track- . less trolley spotted it at 7 a. m. Police questioned Mrs. Splater, who readily handed them a 25-
caliber automatic pistol from which one shot had been fired. / Tells of Drinking = /
~ While the couple’s children = played on the bed in the family's: small room, Mrs, Splater told . homicide detectives her husband. —whom his employers described as a crack auto mechanic — “hadn't drawn a sober breath
{ ams jat the station at 6:30 a. m. | ldealer offered the Petersons -dif-/newsmen morning it was ! | ferent cars good enough to get “quite possible” the government) WA @ [TCNQ eC acket ogg oly wpe Rain
Department headquarters in Washington, the prosecutor. said.
‘Case Settled Once
rced’ Here “It is my understanding the " government settled the case {against the brewery by a com- ; Stranded at a tourist camp here promise,” Mr. Hanley said. “In after his’ 6ld-modeél ¢ar conkedi that case it would take a new lout Monday night, Pvt. Robert action to open the case.” {Peterson and his wife didn’t have! This was the “compromise” to money for repairs. which Mr. Hanley referred: While a garage crew installed a ‘ i \different motor, given ) to the The ‘government settled an origPetersons by Sears & Roebuck inal $812,000 claim for unpaid | Co., Pvt. Peterson donated a pint 20d delinquent taxes of Indian-|
ONE SHOT—Detective Carl Michaelis inspects death gun,
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Times photo by John R. Spickiemire. MRS. VIOLET SPLATER—Said she shot at husband because of his blood to the Red Cross as 2Polis Brewing Co. for $4500. Ana| he drank and threatened her.
one year later, the government,
|private individual and a used car|City brewer¥i s
them to Pvt. Peterson's Army would order the arrest of Mr.! base at Ft. Jackson, 8. C., but the |Bardin even before case goes GI and wife preferred to keep!to thie September Grand Jury.
their own. Would Fix Bond Mrs. Bernice Kaye, a Red Cross He explained this action would
= LL . with Mr. Linville. Local merchants today were signed either by the county au-
warned about a phony welfare ditor or the state auditor and are o Pointed Out Body {check racket here. |issued monthly. We do not issue 4 ut a man who had been ridWorker. ot he 0) | | The warning went out from any so-called emergency checks.” wi Fe en aati 3eolley Blignied, y , sa e Petersons wer ol y on their way by 10 a oy The enable the government to put Mr. Maurice Hunt, state welfare di-| Kenneth Oakley, manager of| | "0 Worthy: - 20, |rector, after a supermarket man- the supermarket at 3021 W. *
soldier was returning to camp Bardin under bond and thus be er had cashed a forged $40 Washington St. said he received| Pid you see that?” - with his wife, after he had gone|2ble io have a 2004 check on his|afer 8 la telephone call from a man who “See what?” to Minneapolis on an emergency|Whereabouts. | “Just in case this stunt is tried [represented himself as “Mr. Hunt| _ Ihat dead man over there.”
furlough. Mr. Hanley also said that he| f the Welf D t Le Mr. Worthy ediately phoned |again, we think it wise to warn oO e Wellare Department. fmm would investigate all the people “He told me he Was issuing a police.
B business with in|/merchants,” Mr. Hunt explained. LU. S. Presses pe Sn a i un his source) “My signature does not appear|special emergency check to a man h Bp Linville prod Mr. Spa lof income [on any welfare checks. They are{Who would bring it over to me toad operated the garage for him | :
» since early last November, sharNATO Speed |, In many cases this would take| get ome EYOsRriee, Mr. Oakley a oe Shar LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 20 the government over the country 's M “I was pretty busy and did not| A sister-in-law of the dead (UP)—U. 8. Secretary of State{Where Mr. Bardin admittedly Block S$ ust PL man, Mrs. Eva Hodgson, 1950 |deal biask Ket think any more about it until Dean Acheson gravely appealed dealt in black marke prices. Rebuild Store to the North Atlantic Powers 1o-| However, Mr. Hanley sald his ; day to finish the job of building | office was not concerned with the
this man came in with a check| Tallman Ave., went to the garage : drawn on the Fletcher Trust Co. 30 qare for the chilaren, who are | A new building will have to go!for $40. It was made out in fav-|5 unaware o e tragedy. . {black market phase, only the in- a , i POSeII SOUER! ome tax evasion angle. up ‘before Block’s-can reopen its oF of Clifton Edward Rogers, 418 ; :
ie {Indiana Ave., and signed by MarHe assured the ninth conference store at 10 E. Washington St. [109 E y
{tin Hunt Jr.” t of the North Atlantic Treaty Ors - - | That was the order issued to-| “phe man seemed retty ganization Council, did not seek 82 Year Old Veteran = .!
Fil Fi Di day by City Building Commis- straightforward and told me Steamy carmaine me Worspen rim, Stage Figure Dies loner Ghartes . Bacon after about linens in the family. Ho army, in which France is slated | SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Feb./“very thorough inspection” of fhe[liaa_bougn: a Jule More han 3 to have 14 divisions, Germany|20 (UP) — Lawrence Grant, 82-|fire-gutted downtown building.
‘was for rent.” and Italy 12 each and Belgium, year-old character actor, died yes-| In a letter to the Wm. H. Block| ar Hunt's warnirig went out The Netherlands and Luxem-|
| 0., Mr. Bacon said the Wash- | e heck bounced bourg a total of five, as the prior. |terday, ending a career that in. ington . St. store was damaged] ben ihe © ced, ity item. + [cluded scores of performances in {
1 beyond repair, and therefore a , . : Despite the gravity of his tone, Silent and talking pictures and oninew building must be erected. Liz Taylor Rushes the prospects for success of the!the stage. -
He wrote to Block's building ai-|
since last Christmas.” She said every time he got drunk he threatened to kill her, and she locked him out last night. But Mr. Splater shouted, “I'm going to kill you when I get in there,” then attacked the garage door with a pinch bar. He forced the door open a crack and she fired through it, Mrs. Splater said. y Detectives said Mr. Splater apparently spun when the bullet hit him, and collapsed across the # front of the auto about four feet from the door. Only his i Judge Stricken “the only way 1 can repay you.” J : 35.000. OE Loving rate: Arrow we. Giving Charge Elsewhere, workers at Monarch refunded i aa not . who leases both the garage and Ty Murder Jur |Buick garage gave the couple] Mr. Hanley s : WwW A tf p : ’ 3 money collected at the garage. A | completely read fhe Res on Ines arn ains : on Billing ation Jest Soon. Sant a y owever, e 10 : , : By Uniled Press HULL, Quebec., Feb, 20—A part-time psychologist won a dramatic reprieve last night when the presiding judge at his murder trial died of a heart attack a few minutes after being stricken on the bench. Justice Valmore Bienvenue wae stricken as he was giving his charge to the jury in the trial of accused wife-slayer Rheal Léo Bertrand. First aid was administered, but the 58 year-old Quebec City justice died a few minutes later. — Court spokesmen said the bizarre development would almost certainly mean a new trial for Bertrand, who is ace cused of slaying< his bride. Throughout the trial Bertrand maintained that she died acecidentally in a hunting cabin fire last Nov, 10. : When the jurist collapsed, Bertrand stood transfixed. His face registered shock. e Justice Ste. Marie of the Que-~ bec Superior Court, was rushed to the scene. Court officials said it would be up to Justice Ste. Marie to decide what proceedings to take in the suspended trial.
Mrs. Truman to Get Doll of Margaret
— Indiana State Teachers’ College From Korea—1 Dead
* will open extension classes this| week at defunct Canterbury Col-|(UP)—Two brothers who fought
PLYMOUTH, Iowa, Feb.
20,
meeting-were considered so bright] The British-born actor came to rector E. W. Snyder “the building WwW edding Plans . that Mr. Acheson planned to : home Sunday—a week ahead of toured the nation’s theaters with cent.”
schedule.
" CROSSVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 20
{the United States in 1908 and has been damaged about 65 po” ged about 65 per (UP) — A 15-inch hand-carved
LONDON, Feb. 20 (UP)—I|§ ’ actress Pauline Frederick. His!
lege in Danville, President Ralp N. Tirey announced today. Mr. Tirey expected up to 6
h|together in Korea have made an {8000-mile journey home. 0" Rolle Alitz brought the body
students to enroll for courses,|of his younger brother, Charles, |
and original plans are for night back home for burial yesterday. the German - Allied agreements “Nana,” “Grand Hotel,” “Bulldog age to the adjoining Hanover's}
classes taught by members of the Charles Alitz was killed Dec. 2 on jachieved in London were decisive Drummond” of Paris.”
local faculty.
All Right... . All Right... ALL RIGHT
little children. We feel real mean.
We made a mistake.
{“No Name Hill.” |
We had a quiet little comic
strip in The Times called Priscilla’s Pop. Last week we
dropped it from the paper.
Ever since we have been flooded with letters and
~ telephone calls. Many of them were from disappointed
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—West German Chancellor Kon-!ser” in 1918.
rad Adenauer said tonight that)
in saving world peace.
And we're putting Priscilla’s Pop back into The
Times right now. It will ap now on.
Margaret Truman doll will be presented to Mrs. Harry Truman at the annual banquet of the National Women’s Democratic Club fo Washington tonight, a Ins Jan gift fram Tennessee JOHN SPLATER—Shot dead [time by the makers of Hom coord at locked door. ° , (at nearby Orne ;
Block's officials sald they have Starry-eyed Elizabeth Taylor first movie role was that of the not yet made plans to erect a rushed through preparations -toKaiser in “To Hell With the Kai- new building. day for a ‘short, simple and S Block's was seared by,a Jan, 22|lasting” wedding to British Actor He also played in such films as fire which caused extensive dam-| Michael Wilding tomorrow. The 19-year-old actress and her and “A Gentleman Shoe store and poured smoke into 39-year-old fiance had planned 4 three other stores in the block.|to marry Friday, but they cleared - . Damage was “estimated at $1!legal hurdles faster than ex- ! million, = ertod pected and a MGM studio spokesman announced:
Manpower Efficiency a won = ob he Cops Admit Salesman "1 Put Willie on the Spot
{a ; Survey On at Atterbury row morning at Caxton Hall reg-
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5 Times State Service istry office, pear evéry week day from | CAMP ATTERBURY, Feb. 20—|a. m. (5:30 a. m. Indianapolis ¥ i |A manpower efficiency survey was. Time). | [started at this Southern Indiana wl army camp this week. : : The survey, expected to take men acclaimed as heroes for identifying and arresting master bank bandit, slick Willie Sutton, admitted today that a 24-year-old pants salesman pointed ‘Willie out té. .them and should receive the credit for his ‘capture. ; No With their belated acknowledgement of his role, .. - Arnold Schuster, 24, became cligible for $70,000 in re-
six weeks, is one of eight ordered Being Starved by Reds. at various instdllations by Secre- FONG KONG, Feb. 20 (UP)— wards offered for the arrest of Sutton, the nation’s most = - elusive bank robber. : rn
tary'of the Army Frank Pace. It An American Methodist missionwill be directed by Col. William ary died hére- today, two days Patrolmen Joseph J. McClelland and Donald P. Shea
D. Paschall. . after she arrived on a stretchér| | The study will determine how| “badly dehydrated” from starvaeffectively manpower is being ition forced on her by the Commuutilized here. It also will recom: pists in China. mend possible improvements in| Miss Gertrude Cone, 50, of Ohio procedure or job assignments. -. | (exact. address” unknown), was et : ‘described as a “veritable skele"LOCAL TEMPERATURES ton” when she reached here Mon-, were promoted to : rs SH ‘ day from . Nanchang, ~ Kiangsi p! first grade detectives and
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> eid a 1 - uh (Province, where she taught Eng- $1000 pay raise, when they took full credit for captu "8a m.. 40 12 Noon.. 42 (lish and music at the Baldwin] Sutton on a Brooklyn street corner. Sr Sam... 39" " |Girls School.
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Latest humidity vsssses 60% [was found suffering from cancer,